. rn and trunk buttons,cupboard hooks, hat and coat hooks, hat hooks, trunk catches, spiral windowsprings, thread escutcheons, paste jaggers, stair-rod eyes, shutter screws, andtable fasteners. In addition to the goods of their own manufacture, theybought and sold a number of styles of bolts made by Frederick T. Stanley. Some of the goods then made are still incorporated in the Corbin line, andare standard in the trade to-day. Others have been dropped, the demandhaving ceased — such articles as lamp hooks for screwing into the ceilin
. rn and trunk buttons,cupboard hooks, hat and coat hooks, hat hooks, trunk catches, spiral windowsprings, thread escutcheons, paste jaggers, stair-rod eyes, shutter screws, andtable fasteners. In addition to the goods of their own manufacture, theybought and sold a number of styles of bolts made by Frederick T. Stanley. Some of the goods then made are still incorporated in the Corbin line, andare standard in the trade to-day. Others have been dropped, the demandhaving ceased — such articles as lamp hooks for screwing into the ceiling andholding kerosene lamps suspended from wires; paste jaggers, which are nowforeign to the line of goods made; picture hooks, which have been replaced bymolding hooks; stair-rod eyes, which have made way for improved devices;and table catches for the old style drop-leaf table. Ox balls are still listed, princi-pally for old associations sake, and should be held in grateful memory for theimportant part they played in the earliest days of the 30. FROM January i, 1852, until February 14, 1854, the business was acopartnership, carried on solely by the brothers, Philip and FrankCorbin. The line of goods received constant additions, increasing thelabor of production and sale, and multiplying the anxieties and burdens ofthe two partners. In 1853, Frank gave up his work in the factory and there-after spent his time upon the road selling goods. Philip also made occasionaltrips in order to keep in closer contact with the market and its needs, andthe assortment continued to grow under his direction, while a constantly in-creasing number of orders taxed the little factory to its fullest capacity. In 1852, the business had grown beyond the limits of the factory to carefor it and a room was hired in the factory of North & Stanley on the site ofthe present west wing of the Corbin plant, where a number of lathes and emerywheels were installed and run by power furnished by the ow
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